Publications10

..Deaths are rising fastest among the oldest old but data on their transitions in place of care at the end of life are scarce...

Falls in advanced old age: recalled falls and prospective follow-up of over-90-year-olds in the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort study

Jane FlemingDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKBMC Geriatr 8:6. 2008

..This study set out to inform service planning by describing the epidemiology of falls in advanced old age using both retrospectively and prospectively collected falls data...

Inability to get up after falling, subsequent time on floor, and summoning help: prospective cohort study in people over 90

Jane FlemingDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge CB2 0SRBMJ 337:a2227. 2008

..To describe the incidence and extent of lying on the floor for a long time after being unable to get up from a fall among people aged over 90; to explore their use of call alarm systems in these circumstances...

Neuropathological correlates of falling in the CC75C population-based sample of the older old

..To characterize people of advanced old age in their last year of life and compare those dying in their late 80s with those dying aged 90 and older to inform policy and planning...

Period, birth cohort and prevalence of dementia in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: a meta-analysis

Yu Tzu WuDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UKInt J Geriatr Psychiatry 29:1212-20. 2014

..Several of the established risk factors could have important period and cohort effects. This study explores temporal variation of dementia prevalence in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan taking study methods into account...

Place of death and end-of-life transitions experienced by very old people with differing cognitive status: retrospective analysis of a prospective population-based cohort aged 85 and over

..A greater burden of these pathologies, Lewy bodies, and hippocampal atrophy, are associated with a higher risk of, but do not define, clinical dementia in old age...

Prevalence studies of dementia in mainland china, Hong Kong and taiwan: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yu Tzu WuDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomPLoS ONE 8:e66252. 2013

..This study examines area differences across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan adjusting for the effect of methodological factors with the aim of producing estimates of the numbers of people with dementia in these areas...

Cohort profile: the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort (CC75C)

Jane FlemingDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UKInt J Epidemiol 36:40-6. 2007